{
  "id": 11129238,
  "title": "NYT Pips hints, answers for October 1, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/nyt-pips-hints-answers-for-october-1-2026",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-01T06:23:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/pips-nyt-games-hints-answers-easy-medium-hard-october-1-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Welcome to your guide for navigating Pips, the latest dominoes-inspired game from the New York Times. Released in August 2025, Pips offers a unique single-player experience that can easily become a daily gaming habit. When you get stuck, don't worry—the game only provides piecemeal answers to help you through each challenge. Here are some hints to assist you:\n\nEasy Difficulty:\n- Less than (4): The solution is 1-0, placed vertically.\n- Number (10): The solution is 6-4, placed horizontally (twice).\n- Equal (0): The solutions are 1-0 (vertical), 0-4 (horizontal), and 0-0 (vertical).\n- Greater Than (4): The answer is 6-5, placed vertically.\n\nMedium Difficulty:\n- Number (4): The solution is 4-5, placed horizontally.\n- Equal (1): The answer is 1-1, placed vertically.\n- Greater Than (9): The answer is 4-6, placed vertically.\n- Less than (4): The solution is 3-5, placed horizontally.\n- Less than (7): The answers are 6-0 (vertical), 1-2 (vertical), and 4-1 (vertical).\n- Less than (3): The answer is 1-2, placed vertically.\n\nHard Difficulty:\n- Number (1): The solution is 1-2, placed vertically (twice).\n- Number (2): The solutions are 2-3 (vertical), 2-6 (vertical), 1-2 (vertical), 2-6 (vertical), 1-3 (vertical), 2-3 (vertical), 3-6 (vertical), 5-6 (vertical), 0-6 (vertical), 4-1 (vertical), 6-1 (vertical).\n- Number (5): The answer is 5-3 (vertical).\n- Number (0): The solutions are 0-0 (horizontal) (twice).\n- Number (6): The solutions are 2-6 (vertical), 5-6 (vertical), 0-6 (vertical), 3-6 (vertical), 5-6 (vertical), 6-6 (horizontal), 6-6 (horizontal).",
  "summary": "The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}